youtube-parser2

Youtube Video Parser

A util to extract raw video-URLs and format information from a YouTube-video page.

Install

$ npm install -g youtube-parser2

Usage

Promise getVideoData(string url)

params:

• url - YouTube video page.

const ytParser = require('youtube-parser2');

ytParser.getVideoData("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQqaauS5UA")
  .then(function (youtubeVideoData) {
    console.log(youtubeVideoData);
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.log(error);
  })

return value - A promise object to resolve with YoutubeVideoData object.

YoutubeVideoData Object

Fields

• metadata - youtube video information
• isPlayable - is video availeable to play
• playabilityStatus - video playability status
• videos - list of all YoutubeVideo objects. Sorted by rawData.contentLength field in ascending order.

YoutubeVideoData example:

YoutubeVideoData {
  metadata: {
    videoId: 'videoId',
    title: 'Video Title',
    lengthSeconds: '123',
    keywords: [Array],
    channelId: 'channelId',
    isOwnerViewing: false,
    shortDescription: "...",
    isCrawlable: true,
    thumbnail: [Object],
    averageRating: 4.22,
    allowRatings: true,
    viewCount: '123123123',
    author: 'YT User',
    isPrivate: false,
    isUnpluggedCorpus: false,
    isLiveContent: false
  },
  isPlayable: false,
  playabilityStatus: {
    status: 'UNPLAYABLE',
    reason: 'Video unavailable'
  },
  videos: [YoutubeVideo]
}

Methods

• getAudioOnlyList() - list of YoutubeVideo objects that consists of only a audio track
• getVideoWithAudioList() - list of YoutubeVideo objects that consists of track with video and audio
• getVideoOnlyList() - list of YoutubeVideo objects that consists of only a video track

All YoutubeVideo lists sorted by rawData.contentLength field in ascending order. So, if you want to get the lowest quality, just take the first item in the list. For the highest quality, take the last one.

YoutubeVideo Object

Fields

• rawData - raw video information
• url - direct link to the video file
• quality - video quality
• isAudioOnly - file consists only a audio track
• isVideoOnly - file consists only a video track
• qualityLabel - video quality label

YoutubeVideo example:

YoutubeVideo {
  rawData: [Object],
  url: 'https://.....',
  quality: 'medium',
  isAudioOnly: false,
  isVideoOnly: true,
  qualityLabel: '360p'
}